Saturday Night (Bay City Rollers song)
1973 single by Bay City Rollers / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Saturday Night" is a song recorded by the Scottish pop rock band Bay City Rollers. It was written and produced by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter. The tune is an upbeat rock number with a memorable hook, in which the word "Saturday" is spelled out in a rhythmic, enthusiastic chant.
"Saturday Night" | ||||
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Single by Bay City Rollers | ||||
from the album Rollin' | ||||
B-side | "Marlena" | |||
Released | 29 June 1973 (UK)[1] August 1975 (US)[2] | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 2:56 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bill Martin, Phil Coulter | |||
Producer(s) | Bill Martin, Phil Coulter | |||
Bay City Rollers singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Saturday Night" (TopPop, 1976) on YouTube | ||||
The original version of the song was recorded and released in the UK in 1973 but did not hit the charts. The original version was sung by Nobby Clark. At the end of 1975, "Saturday Night" was released in the US and hit the number-one spot in January 1976. It was the first Billboard #1 of the US Bicentennial year. The song had been re-recorded for the Rollers' 1974 UK album Rollin' with lead vocals by Les McKeown, Nobby's replacement. The single also reached number one on the RPM Canadian Singles Chart listing on 10 January 1976.[6] This is the band's sole No. 1 hit in the United States.
In 2019, the song was used in Netflix's Umbrella Academy series.